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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...article by Professor Alexander McAdie '85 about the work of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory is remarkable in that a thoroughly scientific man has been able to give an interesting account of the work in which he is engaged without bewildering the uninitiated reader with technical details. Besides an outline of the features of the progress in meteorology which has made possible the establishment of such a station as that on Blue Hill, Professor McAdie tells of the faithful work of Professor Rotch, founder of the observatory, whose name is now attached to the professorial chair occupied by Professor McAdie...
...Medallic Harvard," by Dr. Malcolm Storer '85, is an account of the various medals which have been used in the University as prizes and scholastic trophies as well as the medals of the various undergraduate organizations and clubs. The catalogue shows accurate historical research, and it is illustrated with pictures of several medals, notably that struck in honor of President Eliot...
...laid upon literary excellence. (2) A prize of two hundred dollars is offered in alternate years for the best essay of not more than fifteen thousand words on a subject in Political Science. The literary quality, as well as the substance of the essays submitted, will be taken into account in making the award. This prize will be offered in 1916-17 and thereafter every second year. It is to be noted that the conditions governing this part of the Toppan competition are identical with those for the Bowdoin Prizes for graduates. The Toppan biennial prize is offered in those...
...Fuller Construction Company hastened to report that these were merely "expansion cracks," account of which must be taken in the building of all large concrete structures. the university to be absolutely certain summoned several engineers form New York and Philadelphia to Inspect the stadium. They verified the report that there was no structural weakness. In addition to this tests were made which indicates that the stands were capable of bearing as great a burden as they were planned to sustain when built...
During the past year Harvard has been asked to contribute to more organized and unorganized charities, war relief funds and bazaars than every before, and the undergraduate has quite cheerfully overdrawn his bank account and contributed. The campaign to raise money for the New York Allied Bazaar, which began this week, comes at an unfortunate time as far as the colleges are concerned. A large part of the men are away during the examination period, and those who remain find nearly all their available funds swallowed up by June bills, but the number of votes cast in the contest...